---
title: Pod Lifecycle
id: pod-lifecycle
date: 2019-02-17
full-link: /docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle/
related:
 - pod
 - container
tags:
 - fundamental
short_description: >
  The sequence of states through which a Pod passes during its lifetime.
 
---
 The sequence of states through which a Pod passes during its lifetime.

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The [Pod Lifecycle](/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-lifecycle/) is defined by the states or phases of a Pod. There are five possible Pod phases: Pending, Running, Succeeded, Failed, and Unknown. A high-level description of the Pod state is summarized in the [PodStatus](/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/{{< param "version" >}}/#podstatus-v1-core) `phase` field.